Horseshoe



March 25 ,-1924.

' S. K. ALLISON HORSESHOE Filed Aug; 26. 1921 /h Anw 31a/vanto@ SHOM/wig Patented Mar. 25, 1924.

i UNrrED STATES sARAH K. ALLIsoN, o-F MACOMB, ILLINOIS.

HORSESHOE.

Application filed August 2G, 1921.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SARAH K. ALLIsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Macomb, in the county of Mc- Donough and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

In winter time there is a tendency for snow and ice to accumulate in a horses shoe and thus cause a hazard to the horses safety. It is the object, therefore, of the present improvement to provide a transversely corrugated element spanning the interval between the two sides of the shoe so that slipping forward and backward may be avoided and the space within the center of the shoe protected against the accumulation of such ice and snow. Further it is the object to provide anteriorly protruding resilient spurs calculated to prevent slipping when the toe only of the foot engages the ground, the supplemental element being posteriorly provided with resilient spurs simulating the calks usually employed.

The improved shoe is illustrated in an accompanying sheet of drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on the plane of the line indicated by 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The improvement consists in an attachment to the usual form of shoe as shown at l in the drawings and provided at the extremities with the usual calks 2. The shoe 1 constitutes the base plate of the present invention and the supplemental member oonvsists of a transversely corrugated plate 3 made preferably of some flexible material such as rubber or leather, the corrugations being defined by transverse ribs having acute edges l for engagement with the ground. The supplemental member 3 is provided on opposite sides and adjacent the forward ends with lateral beads 5 terminating short of the heel portion of the base plate and formed with holes 6 through which the nails may be inserted for attaching the supplemental member and the shoe to the horses hoof. The under faces of the beads are in the same plane as the apexes or edges 4 of the ribs. Likewise, at the rear, the supplemental member is provided with flexible or resilient spurs 7 simulating the calks 2.

Serial No. 495,688.

At the forward end, forwardly projecting elements 8 are provided protruding beyond the forward end and terminating in hook members, the ground engaging extremities of which lie normally in a plane slightly above the plane of the lower edges of the members 8. These members 8 are preferably formed as a part of the supplemental member 3 and are arranged in radiating relation, the stock between adjacent members being dished out as indicated at 9 to provide channels of tapering depth and width. l/Vhen only the toe bears upon the ground, as is often the case when the animal is making an effort to move an obstinate load, the radially pr jecting elements 8 bend around the forward end of the base member 1 and serve to give a rm tractive effort to the foot, the transverse corrugations, when the foot is fiat on the ground, preventing slipping forwardly or rearwardly and the beads 5 and spurs 7 resisting any tendency to lateral slipping of the foot.

While a resilient or flexible supplemental member is preferred, this member may be of metal, preferably brass or its equivalent in the matter of ductility;

Should occasion demand, the base shoe 1 may be made of leather or rubber, or it may be made of metal. Any arrangement of vmetal for the one and a flexible material for the other, or metal for both, or flexible material for both, may be used as desired.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A horseshoe comprising a base plate, and a supplemental member disposed on the bottom of the base plate and composed of flexible material, said supplemental member at the forward end being provided with a.

plurality of forwardly projecting elements disposed in radiating relation and protruding beyond the forward end and terminating in hook members the points of which are substantially in the plane of the lower edges of the elements, the stock between adjacent elements being dishedv out to provide channels of tapering depth and width, whereby said elements are permitted to bend around the toe portion of the base plate when the toe only of the animal bears on the ground.

2. A horseshoe comprising a base plate, a supplemental member disposed on the bottom face o-f the base plate and provided with transverse uniformly-spaced corrugations,

said supplemental membel1 being provided at opposite sides and adjacent the forward ends with lateral beads the under faces of which are in the same plane With the apexes Vof the ribs defining the eorrugzttons, said" lateral beads terminating short of the heel portion of the base plate, said supplemental member between the terminals of the base plate defining the heel portion being provided with Tesilient spurs simulating ealks. 10

In testimony whereof she aixes her signal,- ture. I

MISS SARAH K. ALLISON. 

